Tie puller



July 21, 1925.

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July 21, 1925.

S. CHURCHIA ET AL TIE FULLER Filed Feb, 18, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented July 21, 1925.

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STEVAN CHURCHIA AND NIKOLA J. OLBINA, OFGARY, INDIANA.

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Application filed February 18, 1924. Serial No. 693,662.

T all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, STEVAN GHURCHIA and NIKOLA J. OLBINA, citizens of the United States, residing at Gary, in the county of LakeandState of Indiana,'have invented new and usefullmprovements in Tie Pullers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a tie remover and has for its primary object theconstruction of a machine which may be quickly arranged in place and which will positively grip atie and transmit the proper power to draw the tie from the road bed.

An object of the invention is the substantial manner in which the various parts are constructed and associated so that the required grip may be accomplished and proper power exerted to remove the tie while at the same time remove any projections or inequalities of the tie which would tend to interfere with the removal thereof.

Besides the above our invention is distinguished in the novel manner in which the burr may rotate either quickly or slowly depending upon the power to be exerted.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention will be better understood from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein: p

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the tie puller.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line H of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

At the start we wish to call attention to the fact that although the mechanism is described for pulling ties it may be used for various other purposes for moving objects.

Referring to the drawing illustrating one of the many constructions of our invention the numeral 1 designates a frame consisting of an upper plate 2 and lower plate 8. The lower plate has projecting therefrom arms 4 upon which are fixed clips 5 which engage the base of a rail as illustrated. The extreme ends ofthe arms are received in slots 6 of a cutter 7. Spikes 8 passing through registering holes in the cutter and arms removably hold the cutter in place. Blade 9 of the cutter is so positioned that same will remove any projection or inequality in the surface of a tie so that same may easily slide under our improved machine. Rotatably mounted in the frame is a stub shaft 10, one end of whichissquare as indicated at 11 while the other end is fixed to the burr 12.

of a tie to bring about engagement with the burr and tie for removing the latter. This shaft has fixed thereto a small gear 14 which meshes with a-large gear 15 mounted on the stub shaft 16 It also has a square end 17. thereto a roller 19 adapted to engage'the side of the tie for holding the machine prop- The teeth 13of this burr are adapted to penetrate into the side Another stub shaft 18 has fixed erly positioned for action of the burr 12.

This shaft 18 is adjustably'mounted in the slots 20 of the frame and is given proper movement and clamped in various positions by the turnbuckle structure 21. This structure consists of sleeves 22 loosely mounted around the shafts 10 and 18 and has proj ecting therefrom threaded studs 23 engaged by the nut 24.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing it will be seen that the puller may be readily arranged in place by inserting clips 5 into engagement with the rail and sliding the cutter into position to also engage the rail. Under ordinary conditions the handle is applied to the shaft 10 for quickly turning the burr 12 and thereby quickly removing the tie but if great difficulty is experienced the handle may be applied to shaft 16 for increasing the power through the gear train. As the tie is drawn from the road bed blade 9 will remove any projections or inequalities which would tend to interfere with the tie passing under the machine.

It is of course, to be understood the parts may be constructed in other ways and associated in other combinations and power may be applied to the burr in various other manners, therefore, we do not desire to be limited in any manner except as set forth in the claims hereunto appended.

Having thus described our invention what we claim is:

1. A tie puller comprising tie clamping means, a hand operated gear means for moving said first means, and means for removing inequalities on the surface of the tie in the removal thereof.

2. A tie puller comprising tie clamping means, power means for conveying movemember disposed adjacent the clamping means for removing any projections upon the surface of a tie in its removal.

3. A tie puller comprising a frame for connection to a rail, tie gripping means, a

gear train supported by said frame and operatively connected to said means for giving movements to the latter, and a cutter carried by the frame to one side of the rail.

4. A tie puller comprising a tie engaging burr, means for clamping the burr into gripping engagement With the tie, a gear train manually operated for giving movements to the burr and means for clamping said first means inposition relative to arail.

5. A tie puller comprising a tie engaging burr, a roller adjustable relative to the burr, a clamp for holding the roller in adjusted position, a gear train operatively connected to the burr, means for utilizing a portion of the entire gear train, and means for associating said gear train-With the rail.

6. A tie puller comprising a tie engaging burr, a roller adjustable relative to the burr,

a clamp for holding the roller in adjusted tive to the rail.

7. A tie puller comprising a frame, a stub shaft mounted in the frame having one end squared, a burr connected to the other end of the stub shaft positioned to engage the side of a tie, a second stub shaft adj ustably and rotatably mounted in the frame, a roller mounted on the second shaft adapted to en gage the side of a tie, sleeves loosely mounted on said stub shafts, an adjustable connection between the sleeves, a gear train supported by the frame and operatively connected to the first shaft, arms projecting from said frame, slips on the arms for engaging the base of arail, and a cutter removably mounted on the arms to one side of the rail.

In testimony whereof We afiix our signatures.

STEVAN CHURGHIA. NIKOLA J. OLBINA. 

